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It sounds like Luther Burden is emerging as a playmaker. Two days in a row being the camp highlight. The Bears going to have so many options.

Each day the offense is better. It’s even starting to look good. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bears/2025/07/31/bears-training-camp-updates-observations-day-8/85454818007/

Burden seems to be having a day, which is great to see. We have seen Odunze, DJ, Loveland, and now Burden have big days in camp. That is really promising for the offense.

Yes we have tape on Braxton and not on Ozzy, some on Kiran. I dont think we can assume anything, Braxton could be better, players do get better and read where he looks bigger. A weak ankle does not totally take him away from working out. I remember you saying, (lets see it ), I want to see it from all of the canidates. I too believe Jones wont be here next year but its to our advantage that he plays well for trade potenial. We do not know how much scheme, playing next to Thuney will affect any LTs play. We drafted 2 LTs in the last 2 yrs to be where we are at with the competition. I want them all to play well and let the coaches decide who deserves to start.

I didnt know this, but the Dolphins were the 4th ranked defense, and the BIlls were 17th for yards allowed. Good that the Bears offense will get a test.

of course. and maybe Trapilo will be great against the bull rush and have a weakness to outside moves - who knows. But we KNOW Jones' weakness, and having been injured instead of building leg strength is going to hurt him - I dont see any reason to assume that he will be better against the bull rush than he was before he got injured? He hasnt been learning or working out or anything. And also, remember that this is probably Jones' last year of his rookie deal. Paying him like a starting LT is going to be a lot more impactful on our cap than if Amagadje or Trapilo gets the job. And we want to get familiarity on that OL going forward for several years... So unless Trapilo and Amagadje are big fails and we NEED Jones as a stopgap this year, i think it is more likely that Jones will not be the starter. He will be trade bait, and also free agent compensation bait. If Jones comes out of nowhere and plays like an all pro LT in ways weve never seen, then he will be worth the second contract money, but unless he is superman all of a sudden, or Trapilo and Amagadje are not ready for the NFL, Jones is odd man out.

The coaches evaluate everything and I trust their decision. As far as bull rush, I want to see all the LTs handle that. I dont think we can assume Kiran or Ozzy will be good and Braxton is same old self. Aug brings games and we will see how it plays out but I do think Kiran is being groomed to be the swing T and the actual battle is Ozzy and Braxton. Last year doesnt matter, the new coaches are judging them with the play they do now.

It's always hard in training camp when you hear good or bad news to know whether the LTs are all playing well, or the DEs are sucking. And they kind of said a little of both. Our coaches will know a lot more in a couple weeks when we scrimmage against the Bills. It's too bad most of the action these days happens during the week and not in the preseason games where WE could see it. We probably wont see anything we can count on until week 1. But Johnson will know, and for the first time in a long time it seems the coaches have vision and courage to act. So we have to just trust in them for now I guess. I wish I had a more well informed opinion about the LT battle. But we dont get to see anything firsthand, and I dont really trust any of the pundits to tell me which of the three is the right choice based on a few plays, good or bad, that get blown out of proportion and become narratives. I suppose we will get to see LT2 and LT3 in pregame action vs second and third stringers but Im not sure how helpful that info is either. I expect all three of them to easily handle second and third string DEs on the opposing team, if they are realistically in competition to start. I guess Im just saying Im gonna hold my powder on this until I see something. If we see fails, we will all certainly notice that, but im not willing, for example, to assume Braxton has a shot at starting until I see him block a good DE who has a strong bull rush. That's what he has to prove to win. Him handling Booker or even Dayo isnt gonna prove anything. Hopefully the Bills will bring some challenges for these guys with Joey Bosa and others. EDIT - just looked at the schedule, and Miami is first, August joint practices and the game is the 10th. Bosa will still be a great test the week after, but hopefully Miami brings something to test these guys too.

in the middle of this video Clay Harbor talks about why he believes we have 3 good options at LT. He’s been very impressed with how far along Kiran has come since minicamp. That said, he still believes Jones has looked really good so far and has the lead in the battle even if he’s still ramping up to full speed.

yes, I expect Kiran will be swing tackle this year - but hes too good, and we wont keep our guards forever, Thuney may have one or two years left, and I think when its all said and done, Amagadje will start at OG sometime in the next few years. But this year, he is swing tackle for sure, unless he wins the job, then Trapilo is the swing tackle, but i do not predict he will play guard ever.

That's exactly how its playing out.

Caleb is starting to shine, Burden had two TDs today and Dom Rob is getting a lot of first team reps.

It is note worthy because Ben Johnson was complimentary of the coverage and the tight windows they are forcing Caleb to throw into.

I think Kiran should be swing OT and getting him reps on both sides all tc may show their thinking. Jones/Trapilo battle LT and hope are for a team needing a LT pops in this process and offers good compensation.

This seems noteworthy: They seem really high on Nahshon Wright.

I hope all three play well and its a hard decision to who starts. The better talent we have for depth makes this team better. At this point, Ozzy seems to be out front but Jones is in pads and we'll find out who wants it more.

My guess, which is based at least 50% on gut instinct also known as total BS, is that Trapilo will win the LT competition, Amagadje will become a backup OG and a future starter at OG, and Jones wont be with the team next year. Maybe he will be traded, or leave as a free agent - whatever formula gets the most value for us. Maybe a compensatory pick, or an actual traded one.

Second day with pads on and Kiran took some snaps at RT with the second team. Trapilo did not. We have a long way to go but based on camp reports it does feel like Trapilo is starting to take a lead. I’ve seen reports that Braxton has also looked stronger and is playing well as he ramps up. Kiran has looked good too which is surprising because he really struggled with the basic stuff in minicamp They won’t keep this a 3 horse race for much longer.

as would anyone at all interesting

I would be impeached for various reasons...🤣

As the roster is right now, there are 58 players under 26 years old on the roster. As much as the stars have different ages, I think Poles is building this to have a significate run starting this year.

You need to run for politics you have the truth gene and its amazingly put in this post.

Caleb is starting to look better in practice. They say Case and Tyson look better in the offense than Caleb does right now. The strength of Caleb was on display last year, not in the every down play but when the game was on the line at the end of games when he was spectacular on how he reacted at the end of games. He has some bad habits to change which will take some time. We have to remember BJ jumped on the Bears job because of Caleb, I trust his judgement.

Every team has a different draft board and is not based on pundits rating in a draft. I dont know if Ozzy will be as good as Banks or Ersery but they had a plan to take him in the second. They like you agreed they needed to add to LT, just the plan was a little different. I love CC, but she works for ESPN and they get stuff wrong all the time. Being wrong on a prediction in media is a common occurance. The just of all the arguments is we will never know what is true or not true, just a point of discussion.